Krotoa Eva van De Kaap Trailer

Krotoa Eva van de Kaap is a collaboration between Het Volksoperahuis in The Netherlands and Artscape and is supported the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in South Africa.
Set in present day South Africa, a Dutch actor and a South African actress meet on the film set of Krotoa Eva van de Kaap. He takes the role of Jan van Riebeeck, the VOC commander who established a refreshment station at the Cape in 1652. She plays Krotoa, the young Khoe girl taken into Van Riebeeck's household who went on to become a key negotiator and translator between the Dutch and the local people at a very young age. The first Khoe woman to be baptised and the first to marry a European officially, Krotoa was abused and battered by the clash of cultures. As they act out the story, the two actors are not unscathed, entering a whirlwind of confrontations. During their creative process and even in their own worlds, Krotoa's story shakes them up. An inevitable dramatic conclusion is set in motion.